Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

the phone book.

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the Missfits, Selena, way more that

you've probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch

more Discrets Land right now wherever you get your podcasts. Apple podcasts, I Heart Radio,

Spotify Stitcher, Cast Box, Amazon Music, you get the picture where everywhere thank you

for listening. Let's get into it.

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

Heads up everybody. This is not your typical Discrets Land episode where we tell the story of

a musician through the true crimes they committed or that were committed to them. For this two

part episode on the Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, we're doing something different. To

honor Lou's habit of basically lying and exaggerating his way through most interviews

about his past, we examine Lou's origin story in the Velvet Underground through the

crimes, criminals, and transgressive behavior depicted in Lou's Velvet Underground lyrics

to explore what really inspired Lou Reed, one of the greatest rock and roll characters

of all time to create some of the coolest and most influential music of all time.

Alright, let's get into it.

The stories Lou Reed told in his Velvet Underground songs are Insane. Man slaughter in the song,

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